"The move to finalize the land pooling policy is a welcome step in the right direction though possibly inevitable. The minimum size of the development should be such that allows community services like small school and shopping facilities to be integrated within the complex. This will give the original land owners the opportunities to either sell or become partners in the ventures and they get built up area," Arun Vohra, architect and urban planner.

However, small land owners and farmers have a different view. They say that if the ceiling becomes high then only bigger players would benefit who have bought land in the anticipation of government's such policy. "There are still many farmers who have half-an-acre to 2-3 acres. There should be a single window clearance system for giving approval for cooperative or group housing by the land owners themselves. Easy loans should be made available. If we don't have such option then these land owners will be forced to sell their properties. The best situation is when land owners become developers," said Delhi Gramin Samaj secretary general Colonel Devender Shehrawat.